It seems like most places have water restrictions nowadays. For some reason it seems weird that we have them here. We are always in danger of a flood. It sure doesn’t feel like water is scarce in our area.

It’s a fairly simple logic; a lot of water supply comes from underground aquifers, which aren’t being replenished anywhere near as fast as they’re being pumped. Plus snow packs and high-altitude glaciers are shrinking around the globe, as the yearly precipitation doesn’t add up to what it used to, and so overall water levels are diminishing; one look at places like Lake Mead makes it pretty clear that something’s gone awry.

Really, there’s a whole hell of a lot that’s gone awry, and people just haven’t been affected enough to notice, or if they have, only to get annoyed at being inconvenienced, rather than realizing what is, ultimately, at stake.

heh, been reading these at work for a while (not sure if I’ve read them all), this is the first time my boss saw Biff on the screen while I was reading it. He wanders in quickly for a quick glance, and he wanders off chuckling.

We dont have water conservation here, but I do find this funny on the fact that state laws come up with some funny rules. Why od numbered days? Why even bother with using hoses? Why even bother how long you use stuff as long as its how much is used? And why am I asking myself these questions when they are largely ignored in the Biff context of the comic? Insane Lad is right, why add logic to a comic that has no use for it?

Lol, in Argentina we have one of the largest aquifers in the whole world, spanning more than 3 countries
And we get hell lots of rain in this part of the world, sometimes more rain in a day than some countries in a month!
The only thing we have to worry about if USA is going to invade us for our water like they did with Iraq for the oil… XD
Knowing argentinians, because I’m one, they will dump mercury, lead and just about anything to ruin it for all of us in case of invasions. We both would be real jerks should that happen XD
I need my pills.

I live in freaking Arizona, where there’s been a drought for what, 15 years? Still I see people with giant/dead lawns that keep getting over watered and pointless water features…
It sickens me quite a bit…

@fishmeester: That’s assuming you *get* the rainwater; where I am we don’t get much rain, and there’s been less and less for the past few years running. I’m lucky that I live above an underground river and have a well tapping it; we keep getting legal battles from the city nearby trying to seize the water rights to make sure no one has to sacrifice their never-used backyard pool or ridiculous lawns.

Water is free almost everywhere here in Northern Sweden. Of course we have huge lakes that serve as (never tapped) spare water supplies cause it’s so clean water it becomes serviceable for drinking with minimal filtering.

I remember living in a city that had an interesting rule regarding snow-laden streets (that might shed light on the “odd-numbered days” portion of this comic).

When there was enough snow on the streets that it needed plowing, there was a city ordinance that required vehicles to park on the even-numbered side of the street on even-numbered days and the odd-numbered side of the street on odd-numbered days. This ensured that there was enough room for a snowplow to plow the road and, if there was still snow the next day, allowed both sides to get plowed.

If the water conservation laws are similar, Biff’s house must have an even number because he needs to use the hose from an odd-numbered house (the other side of the road) on odd-numbered days.